Gooey Snickers Rice Krispie Treats with Salted Caramel

I know my rice krispie treats are a hit when the first thing I have to do after eating one is wash the marshmallow goo off my face and hands.

I’ll take my rice krispie treats with an extra side of goo, please. Along with the gooey factor, my rice krispie treats should be composed of the following textural elements: soft & chewy. Exactly how I like my cookies.

So soft that they stand the test of time and taste just as fresh the next day. So chewy that you sound like a cow munching on grass for at least 2-3 minutes per square. Attractive. It’s so worth it though.

For todays treats, I took a couple extra steps to make them stand out from any other regular rice krispie treat I’ve ever had. I added stuff. Some really, really good stuff.

My first step was to make a quick salted caramel sauce to swirl throughout the treats. Making your own salted caramel is laughably easy. I used wrapped caramels, a touch of half-and-half, and sea salt. Melt the three together and keep on low heat. You’re going to swirl this liquid gold into the treats later.

The next step is to make the butter/marshmallow goo. When I’m making any kind of rice krispie treat, I always use more butter (and less cereal) than your typical recipe. The marshmallows are what harden and turn your treats to rocks the next day, so you want to butter them up as much as you can. When you are melting the two together, be sure to do so on very low heat and constantly stir. You want the mixture to be very buttery.

I add the cereal and salted caramel sauce next. Start with the cereal and make sure that each piece is fairly coated in marshmallow. Swirl in your homemade salted caramel.

And finally, I add in what I can only refer to as chunky bites of heaven. Snickers.

You’ll want to gently fold the snickers pieces into the cereal/marshmallow/salted caramel mixture. You don’t want the chocolate to melt completely.

Between the caramel in the Snickers and the salted caramel swirl, these rice krispie treats have a double dose of the good stuff.

After your overloaded gooey mess is stirred together, transfer to your baking pan. 9×9 for THICK squares, 11×7 for thinner squares. I used 9×9. Be sure to not press the treats into the pan with force. That’s what creates a hard rice krispie treat! Instead, you want to mold them into the pan’s shape by very, very gently pressing down with a spatula. I spray the backside of my spatula with non-stick spray for ease.

Between the stretchy strings of marshmallow, ribbons of salted caramel, melty chocolate, and crunchy peanuts… I dub these the gooiest overloaded treat I’ve ever had. I love all the texture going on. They’re also sweet & salty, a combination that makes me weak at the knees. 🙂

Directions:

In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the caramel candies and half-and-half. Stir until completely melted. Add the sea salt. Leave on low heat while you prepare the rest.

Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over low heat. Add the marshmallows until they are just about fully melted into the butter. Some chunks of marshmallow may remain. Add in the cereal and stir until the cereal is fully coated. Gently fold in the salted caramel sauce and the snickers chunks until *just combined.* You also do not want the snicker's chocolate to melt completely or you will have completely chocolate treats, overpowering the salted caramel sauce.

Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and gently spread out evenly. I sprayed the back of a large spatula with non-stick spray and gently pressed the mixture without packing it down. Allow to cool on the counter for at least 30 minutes before cutting into squares. Store in an airtight container to retain softness.

Wow, those look like just the treat I need after a long day and lack of sleep!!! Will definitely be making these soon. Thanks for sharing!!!

Anything with chocolate will work for me after a long day with no sleep LOL!

Oh my, I think that drinking the salted caramel sauce plain would suffice for me, but then you threw it into these decadent, uber-gooey treats and I am SWOONING. Seriously. Stunning. I’m *typically* not the biggest Snickers fan, but there’s no way I could resist these treats if I saw a pan of them. Caramel is my weakness, and so are soft and chewy krispy squares. There’s nothing better!

Ohmigosh Sally, goo factor is a huge element. LOVE THESE. I wish I could magically make one appear!

Yup, goo… is what it’s all about right?!

omg, the gooeyness of this with the caramel and snickers – wow, i love how there’s just so much caramel and salty/sweet goodness in this!! and it’s SO easy!! i love rice krispies and these are rice krispies on crack and i’m sure they’re addicting as heck!

hahahha krispies on crack. oh i love you Julie!

Wow!!!!! That’s all I can say. Those look delicious. Can’t wait to try them. I am your newest follower. I hope you’ll stop by Posed Perfection for a visit soon and maybe even a follow back.
Blessings,
Nici

Hi Nici! Thank you so much for saying hi. 🙂

You know how to draw me in with the sweet and salty goodness!!! If the caramel wasn’t so hot, I would probably be guzzling it from the pan! I always use less cereal when I am making up rice krispie treats too…gotta have them be soft and chewy!!! And now I need them sweet and salty:-)

Thanks for the linky love and this right here “stretchy strings of marshmallow, ribbons of salted caramel, melty chocolate, and crunchy peanuts…” THAT is exactly what I want in a RKTreat. I love love love RKTreats of all kinds but they HAVE to be gooey. I’d rather than gooey and fall apart than too dry with too much cereal and you put so much good stuff in them! I love that you used Snickers, too. A childhood staple to go along w/ a fave childhood treat that I love as an adult too 🙂

i love plain ole RKTs so much but all the added goo and chunks makes them THAT much better. A random recipe that turned out SO well! LOL well…. how can anythign with salted caramel and snickers not turn out well?

Why do you tempt me so? 🙂 Another fabulous looking recipe! The salted caramel just takes these over the top. 🙂

I love the pics with the gooey marshmallow all stretched out. If that doesn’t make everyone want to whip up these treats ASAP, I don’t know what will. I’ve never thought to warm them in the microwave before, but that’s such a good idea 🙂

The candy in your desserts always looks so perfectly “melty” (if that’s even a word) and tempting haha.

Ahhhh, NEED!

These are some of the best looking rice krispie treats I’ve ever seen, Sally! And I love your simple 3-ingredient salted caramel, I never would’ve thought to do that and now I need to try it. And yep, can’t go wrong with Snickers — I just mashed some up in some peanut butter cookie bars the other day, delicious. 🙂

Hi Lindsay! So nice to “meet” you! Thanks for the invite!

Hi Sally! I discovered your blog a few weeks ago and I love it! I made the gooey snickers rice krispie treats and cake batter blondies for a friends bake sale and they were great! This weekend I’m trying the rolo stuffed peanut butter cookies and am so excited! Thanks again for posting such great recipes!

Hi Michelle! I LOVE these rice krispie treats. Probably one of the best rice krispie treats I’ve ever made! And the cake batter blondies – such an easy yet outstanding dessert, the rolo cookies are so much fun. So soft and gooey. 🙂 I’m glad you’ve chosen some of my favorites! Thanks for the comment, it means a lot 🙂

Hi Christi! Oh my goodness, I NEED to try these with milky ways! Genius. I’m so glad you love this recipe as much as I do – I need to make them again soon. Thanks for letting me know you love them!

Hi Sally, I live in the UK where we don’t seem to have quite the abundance of baking goodies you have access to in the US but that’s not stopping me from trying out your recipes! Do you have a substitute for ‘caramel candies’? Could I possibly use fudge squares or make my own caramel? Thanks 🙂

I made these today for valentine’s day tomorrow! I even molded them into little hearts! hopefully they will stay soft because i had to kind of press them into the mold and i didn’t have enough marshmallows. At first i thought i was using too much snickers when i was making them, but after i thought “wait, there can never be “too much” snickers” and then i went on my merry way. XD